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Afternoon Apologies, I know this has been asked so many times but can't find the specific scenario. 1920s detached house, suspended timber ground floor. Joists are roughly 120mm deep. I want to insulate between them. Government's best practice guide refers to cold bridging on 4 inch...

Opening it up because the old one was minging. It's a house we've just bought which hasn't had any modernisation in 40+ years, the idea was to just open it up a bit and no doubt my better half will find a use for it. I can't see a metal liner, that's not to say there's not one there. Given...

Not that I can see/feel.

As the title really. I'm opening up a fireplace in a 1920s /30s house. It has the usual brick arch above, but as I'm opening it up I'm noticing cracks in the mortar above (which may have been there before and I'm just paranoid). Could this simply be due to banging about near it, or could the...

That's correct. Its on the opposite side of the house. I'm after a second (perhaps third, fourth etc) opinion until he can revisit.

Afternoon all Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Just purchased a (detached) house which has previously had subsidence on one side due to dodgy drains. We're having issues with the drains on the opposite side, which appear to be leaking into the ground. They're in the process of looking...

We're moving shortly and as a stop-gap solution I'm proposing to construct a shed-like contraption on the side of the house, until we can get a proper extension built (2-3 years time probably) The external wall of the house will therefore essentially be internal (assuming I insulate the other...

Make: Beko Model: DIS16R10_SL Morning Putting the kids to bed last night and suddenly the lights went out. RCD tripped. I'd done some plastering earlier in the day around one of the sockets in the kitchen so put it down to moisture, turned that circuit off and went about our day. Later in the...

The calcs were done yes, this is where the problems began. The engineer stipulated 1No. beam of x size, with a plate welded across the top (cavity wall). The builder installed 2No. beams of x size, as he 'couldn't get hold of one with a plate welded across it'. He later revealed that he could...

Morning all. A while ago I posted about having an extension done, RSJ's installed etc. These were installed last year and we're finally getting to the point of knocking through. One thing which has always bothered me, is that the builder that installed the RSJ (I-beam?) sat the padstone at one...

Morning all. I'll soon be cutting out a large opening in an existing brick wall. We had a builder install the steels before Christmas and now we're finally getting round to opening it up (which we'll be doing ourselves). I've been looking at Stihl saws and the like, obviously hiring one as...

This is the one I was looking at. I was just concerned that the drum would not fit into the car (I overestimated the size of it). Thanks for the advice all. As it turns out, a friend with a van has a cement mixer that they've lent to me.

Morning all, I'm looking at hiring a cement mixer. According to the gentleman on HSS' live chat, it'll fit in a car boot if the seats fold down. Now admittedly it's been a few years since I've stood next to a mixer, but I would've thought it'd be a little too tall to fit in a car, even...

Afternoon, A while back I posted regarding converting an old (single storey) coal shed into part of my kitchen. We've had the structural calculations done, and I've got on with demolishing the external walls of the coal shed. Then today it hit me. Foundations. I'm not altering the...

Ah, of course. Shows how long it's been since I did any domestic stuff. :oops: l

Why are people seemingly questioning the competence of the electrician? I work in building services design and we would never apply diversity to a final circuit, unless we had it in writing from the manufacturer that a certain factor can be applied. If a piece of equipment is rated for 16kW...

How big is the room? You mention in your original post that it's only a 6 plate electric hob and oven. Has overheating always been a problem or has it only recently become apparent? If it's the latter it may just be that the filters in the hood need replacing. Either way I do not think...

Ban, we had these installed in a recent project. The difference between these at 3500K and other LEDs on the project was very noticeable.(4000K)

The Thorn BaseLED has a slightly warm colour temperature. As you've said your units and walls are white, you might be better off with a cooler temperature.

Above the proposed rsj is the external brickwork for the first floor of the house. I've decided to get a structural engineer on board. None of the builders we've had quotes from have mentioned it, however I'm keen to avoid any problems when it comes to selling. Thanks for the advice!